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  • M micha_eleric

    @jsulm i cant find any qmainwindow, mainwindow, anything close to mainwindow in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/
    the only place anything close to mainwindow are .h files under qt4

    wandering if qt4 .h files is the issue

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    @micha_eleric said in how to fix linker error in eclipse on linux:

    i cant find any qmainwindow, mainwindow, anything close to mainwindow in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/

    Of course not. QMainWindow is part of widgets module as you can easilly see in the documentation: https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qmainwindow.html (qmake: QT += widgets)
    That means you should look for libQt5Widgets.so in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu.
    And "surprisingly" it is there in your own list of libs: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Widgets.so.5

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    • jsulmJ jsulm

      @micha_eleric said in how to fix linker error in eclipse on linux:

      i cant find any qmainwindow, mainwindow, anything close to mainwindow in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/

      Of course not. QMainWindow is part of widgets module as you can easilly see in the documentation: https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qmainwindow.html (qmake: QT += widgets)
      That means you should look for libQt5Widgets.so in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu.
      And "surprisingly" it is there in your own list of libs: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Widgets.so.5

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      @jsulm g++ -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu -L/usr -L/ -L/usr/lib -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5 -L/usr/lib/qt5 -o "GUI2" ./src/CGUI.o ./src/Main.o /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtGui.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Widgets.so
      /usr/bin/ld: ./src/CGUI.o: in function CGUI::CGUI(QWidget*)': /home/michaeleric/eclipse-workspace/GUI2/Debug/../src/CGUI.cpp:10: undefined reference to vtable for CGUI'
      /usr/bin/ld: /home/michaeleric/eclipse-workspace/GUI2/Debug/../src/CGUI.cpp:10: undefined reference to vtable for CGUI' /usr/bin/ld: ./src/CGUI.o: in function CGUI::~CGUI()':
      /home/michaeleric/eclipse-workspace/GUI2/Debug/../src/CGUI.cpp:15: undefined reference to vtable for CGUI' /usr/bin/ld: /home/michaeleric/eclipse-workspace/GUI2/Debug/../src/CGUI.cpp:15: undefined reference to vtable for CGUI'

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      • M micha_eleric

        @jsulm g++ -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu -L/usr -L/ -L/usr/lib -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5 -L/usr/lib/qt5 -o "GUI2" ./src/CGUI.o ./src/Main.o /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtGui.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Widgets.so
        /usr/bin/ld: ./src/CGUI.o: in function CGUI::CGUI(QWidget*)': /home/michaeleric/eclipse-workspace/GUI2/Debug/../src/CGUI.cpp:10: undefined reference to vtable for CGUI'
        /usr/bin/ld: /home/michaeleric/eclipse-workspace/GUI2/Debug/../src/CGUI.cpp:10: undefined reference to vtable for CGUI' /usr/bin/ld: ./src/CGUI.o: in function CGUI::~CGUI()':
        /home/michaeleric/eclipse-workspace/GUI2/Debug/../src/CGUI.cpp:15: undefined reference to vtable for CGUI' /usr/bin/ld: /home/michaeleric/eclipse-workspace/GUI2/Debug/../src/CGUI.cpp:15: undefined reference to vtable for CGUI'

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        @micha_eleric said in how to fix linker error in eclipse on linux:

        /usr/bin/ld: ./src/CGUI.o: in function CGUI::CGUI(QWidget*)': /home/michaeleric/eclipse-workspace/GUI2/Debug/../src/CGUI.cpp:10: undefined reference tovtable for CGUI'

        This is now another problem.
        Classes which subclass QObject need moc tool (see https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/moc.html for more details). You can of course do that manually somehow.
        But I would strongly recommend to use a proper build tool, either qmake or CMake. Both will call moc for your.

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        • jsulmJ jsulm

          @micha_eleric said in how to fix linker error in eclipse on linux:

          /usr/bin/ld: ./src/CGUI.o: in function CGUI::CGUI(QWidget*)': /home/michaeleric/eclipse-workspace/GUI2/Debug/../src/CGUI.cpp:10: undefined reference tovtable for CGUI'

          This is now another problem.
          Classes which subclass QObject need moc tool (see https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/moc.html for more details). You can of course do that manually somehow.
          But I would strongly recommend to use a proper build tool, either qmake or CMake. Both will call moc for your.

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          @jsulm thank you

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          • jsulmJ jsulm

            @micha_eleric said in how to fix linker error in eclipse on linux:

            /usr/bin/ld: ./src/CGUI.o: in function CGUI::CGUI(QWidget*)': /home/michaeleric/eclipse-workspace/GUI2/Debug/../src/CGUI.cpp:10: undefined reference tovtable for CGUI'

            This is now another problem.
            Classes which subclass QObject need moc tool (see https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/moc.html for more details). You can of course do that manually somehow.
            But I would strongly recommend to use a proper build tool, either qmake or CMake. Both will call moc for your.

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            @jsulm

            This is now another problem.
            Classes which subclass QObject need moc tool (see https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/moc.html for more details). You can of course do that manually somehow.
            But I would strongly recommend to use a proper build tool, either qmake or CMake. Both will call moc for your.

            and not part of the install

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            • M micha_eleric

              @jsulm

              This is now another problem.
              Classes which subclass QObject need moc tool (see https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/moc.html for more details). You can of course do that manually somehow.
              But I would strongly recommend to use a proper build tool, either qmake or CMake. Both will call moc for your.

              and not part of the install

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              @micha_eleric said in how to fix linker error in eclipse on linux:

              and not part of the install

              Do you mean moc? If you properly installed Qt development packages then it should be there.
              On my Ubuntu: /usr/bin/moc

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              • jsulmJ jsulm

                @micha_eleric said in how to fix linker error in eclipse on linux:

                and not part of the install

                Do you mean moc? If you properly installed Qt development packages then it should be there.
                On my Ubuntu: /usr/bin/moc

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                @jsulm using eclipse

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                • M micha_eleric

                  using eclipse on linux
                  error, i am mostly sure is an eclipse issue, and not a programming issue.

                  g++ -L/usr/include/qt4 -L/usr/include/qt4/QtSerialPort -L/usr/include/qt4/QtGui -o "GUI2" ./src/CGUI.o ./src/Main.o
                  /usr/bin/ld: ./src/CGUI.o: in function CGUI::CGUI()': /home/michaeleric/eclipse-workspace/GUI2/Debug/../src/CGUI.cpp:10: undefined reference to QMainWindow::QMainWindow(QWidget*, QFlagsQt::WindowType)'
                  /usr/bin/ld: /home/michaeleric/eclipse-workspace/GUI2/Debug/../src/CGUI.cpp:10: undefined reference to vtable for CGUI' /usr/bin/ld: /home/michaeleric/eclipse-workspace/GUI2/Debug/../src/CGUI.cpp:10: undefined reference to vtable for CGUI'
                  /usr/bin/ld: ./src/CGUI.o: in function CGUI::~CGUI()': /home/michaeleric/eclipse-workspace/GUI2/Debug/../src/CGUI.cpp:15: undefined reference to vtable for CGUI'
                  /usr/bin/ld: /home/michaeleric/eclipse-workspace/GUI2/Debug/../src/CGUI.cpp:15: undefined reference to vtable for CGUI' /usr/bin/ld: /home/michaeleric/eclipse-workspace/GUI2/Debug/../src/CGUI.cpp:15: undefined reference to QMainWindow::~QMainWindow()'
                  /usr/bin/ld: ./src/Main.o: in function main': /home/michaeleric/eclipse-workspace/GUI2/Debug/../src/Main.cpp:14: undefined reference to QApplication::QApplication(int&, char**, int)'
                  /usr/bin/ld: /home/michaeleric/eclipse-workspace/GUI2/Debug/../src/Main.cpp:17: undefined reference to QApplication::exec()' /usr/bin/ld: /home/michaeleric/eclipse-workspace/GUI2/Debug/../src/Main.cpp:14: undefined reference to QApplication::~QApplication()'
                  /usr/bin/ld: /home/michaeleric/eclipse-workspace/GUI2/Debug/../src/Main.cpp:14: undefined reference to `QApplication::~QApplication()'
                  collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
                  make: *** [makefile:47: GUI2] Error 1

                  based on https://forum.qt.io/topic/101400/qt-with-eclipse-c/5 , i added QtCore and QtWidgets, even though there were no errors with #include<>. same errors from compile.

                  https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6478317/eclipse-undefined-reference says it is a linker error

                  under Properties->C/C++ Build->Settings->Tool Settings->GCC C++ Linker->command: g++

                  under Properties->C/C++ Build->Settings->Tool Settings->GCC C++ Linker->Libraries->Libraries (-l) [nothing]

                  under Properties->C/C++ Build->Settings->Tool Settings->GCC C++ Linker->Libraries->Libraries search path (-L) /usr/include/qt4 /usr/include/qt4/QtWidgets /usr/include/qt4/QtCore /usr/include/qt4/QtSerialPort /usr/include/qt4/QtGui

                  under Properties->C/C++ Build->Settings->Tool Settings->GCC C++ Linker->Miscellaneous->Linker flags [nothing]

                  under Properties->C/C++ Build->Settings->Tool Settings->GCC C++ Linker->Miscellaneous->Other options (-Xlinker [option]) [nothing]

                  under Properties->C/C++ Build->Settings->Tool Settings->GCC C++ Linker->Miscellaneous->Other objects [nothing]

                  under Properties->C/C++ Build->Settings->Tool Settings->GCC C++ Linker->Shared Library Settings [nothing][nothing][nothing][nothing]

                  what is suppose to be added, and where?

                  if:
                  under Properties->C/C++ Build->Settings->Tool Settings->GCC C++ Linker->Libraries->Libraries (-l) /usr/include/qt4/QtGui
                  error:
                  /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -l/usr/include/qt4/QtGui

                  if:
                  under Properties->C/C++ Build->Settings->Tool Settings->GCC C++ Linker->Miscellaneous->Other options (-Xlinker [option]) /usr/include/qt4/QtGui
                  error:
                  /usr/bin/ld: cannot find /usr/include/qt4/QtGui: file format not recognized

                  if:
                  under Properties->C/C++ Build->Settings->Tool Settings->GCC C++ Linker->Miscellaneous->Other objects /usr/include/qt4/QtGui
                  error:
                  /usr/bin/ld: cannot find /usr/include/qt4/QtGui: file format not recognized

                  if it is a virtual function that has to be defined, then what would it be, other than constructor/destructor?


                  answer:
                  deleting:
                  under Properties->C/C++ Build->Settings->Tool Settings->GCC C++ Linker->Libraries->Libraries search path (-L) /usr/include/qt4 /usr/include/qt4/QtWidgets /usr/include/qt4/QtCore /usr/include/qt4/QtSerialPort /usr/include/qt4/QtGui, did nothing, no new errors, nothing with previous errors

                  under Properties->C/C++ Build->Settings->Tool Settings->GCC C++ Linker->Miscellaneous->Other objects /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtGui.so
                  fixed errors, exposed new errors

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                  @micha_eleric said in how to fix linker error in eclipse on linux:

                  using eclipse on linux
                  error, i am mostly sure is an eclipse issue, and not a programming issue.

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                  • M micha_eleric

                    @JonB for me, find /usr/lib -name'*Qt5 *', anr find /usr/lib -name *Qt5 * had same results. [note] no space between 5 and *

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                    @micha_eleric said in how to fix linker error in eclipse on linux:

                    @JonB for me, find /usr/lib -name'*Qt5 *', anr find /usr/lib -name *Qt5 * had same results. [note] no space between 5 and *

                    Not if you did as I carefully stated and had any file with Qt5 in its name in the directory where you were when you typed in that find command, as I explained.....
                    @JonB said in how to fix linker error in eclipse on linux:

                    P.S.
                    If anyone does not believe me: before running the command do a touch Qt5 in the directory you run find /usr/lib -name '*Qt5*' versus find /usr/lib -name *Qt5* from., and compare the results...

                    Did you do that touch or not?

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                    • JonBJ JonB

                      @micha_eleric said in how to fix linker error in eclipse on linux:

                      @JonB for me, find /usr/lib -name'*Qt5 *', anr find /usr/lib -name *Qt5 * had same results. [note] no space between 5 and *

                      Not if you did as I carefully stated and had any file with Qt5 in its name in the directory where you were when you typed in that find command, as I explained.....
                      @JonB said in how to fix linker error in eclipse on linux:

                      P.S.
                      If anyone does not believe me: before running the command do a touch Qt5 in the directory you run find /usr/lib -name '*Qt5*' versus find /usr/lib -name *Qt5* from., and compare the results...

                      Did you do that touch or not?

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                      @JonB touch did something different, but not touch *Qt5 *, and touch '*Qt5 *'

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                      • M micha_eleric

                        @JonB touch did something different, but not touch *Qt5 *, and touch '*Qt5 *'

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                        @micha_eleric said in how to fix linker error in eclipse on linux:

                        but not touch *Qt5 *, and touch '*Qt5 *'

                        Of course not, if you understand wildcards you would know that could not work, and never what I said.

                        I could not have been clearer, I said touch Qt5 would change the behaviour of find ... -name *Qt5*, but not of find ... -name '*Qt5*'. Hence all i was saying is that find with a wildcard should always put the wildcard part inside quotes.

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